“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.”
“Poor Nations are hungry, and rich Nations are proud, and Pride and Hunger will ever be at Variance.”
“Nations are not poor or rich because of their wealth but exceptional morality.”
“I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.”
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”
“What would the daughters of the rich do with themselves if the poor ceased to exist?”